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I don't really see any other discussion here besides this one, besides that there's just that quote that, like Gardener said, it's damn easy to dismiss and he even gave some really good arguments as to why it should as well be dismissed.

So, the discussion I'm putting forth is that I don't think the quote is worth looking at at all, it's easy to dismiss and it's completely irrelevant to any meaningful discourse about music as it's just "I haet sum musix" except said by someone of relative historical importance.

Why should anyone care? Why make a big deal out of it? Saint-Saens also spewed a lot of poison towards contemporaries of his, as did a lot of other composers. It's not particularly interesting, though maybe their reasons are we have none of that here either.

So, really, I still stand by what I said. He over-thought it, the quote is in itself pretty pointless and if he(or you) want to extrapolate it to other things you(or he) should as well say so and how that would work. That may be worth looking at or talking about.

But seeing as you're(and he is, I guess?) for the whole freewriting thingy, what do you expect? In fact, all of what I've said up to now is pretty much in line with your analogy, I took the quote and I'm questioning the validity of both this thread and the quote's relevance. It's as "in topic" as it'd ever get so if you don't want to acknowledge it as a serious argument or discussion that's not my problem anymore is it?

Trying to encourage discussion and at the same time telling people (me) to shut up is hilarious, I hope you realize that.